Definition of camera obscura in English:

camera obscura

noun ˌkam(ə)rə ɒbˈskjʊərəˌkæm(ə)rə əbˈskjʊrə

1A darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object on to a screen inside, a forerunner of the modern camera.
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Example sentencesExamples
- He was the first to propose adding a convex lens to the camera obscura.
- The film does rather off-handedly allude to the fact that scientific innovations were important for the art of that time, particularly the camera obscura and the Galilean telescope.
- They are rendered so faithfully that the artist likely used a camera obscura to capture the scenes and then traced the layout of the buildings from images projected on paper, before refining the details by hand.
- The topics might range from shopworn hypotheses to stillborn speculations, like the notion that the Haarlem landscapists may have imitated the muted tones of images projected by early models of the camera obscura.
- There has long been speculation that Vermeer made use of a camera obscura, an enclosed device that allowed a detailed image of the world to be projected through a lens onto an inner wall.
- He will have the windows of a tour bus sealed, except for a few lenses mounted on each side that project passing views on a central screen, creating a rolling camera obscura.
- A few years before that she had created a walk-in camera obscura to visualize the experience of a slave who spent seven years in hiding in a tiny attic.
- As Hockney points out, plenty of artists like Leonardo da Vinci were keenly aware of the camera obscura.
- A traditional camera obscura was a dark room with light shining through a lens or tiny hole in the wall.
- The camera obscura, or ‘dark chamber,’ was a staple of Martin's business.
- Like his kinsman, he practiced his art with the aid of the portable camera obscura, but his preternatural acuity and immaculate form carried his work to the edge of hallucination.
- Scientists in the seventeenth century were fascinated by the workings of the human eye, which fostered the invention of optical devices such as the camera obscura.
- During their travels around India, the Daniells employed a camera obscura to produce detailed pencil drawings.
- Gone is the traditional blackboard and chalk and instead there are plasma screens and interactive whiteboards dotted around the walls and floor, while on the other side of the room are webcams and even a camera obscura.
- It has been suggested that Vermeer traced the images of a camera obscura in his paintings.
- While making the case for the camera obscura, Steadman limits his investigation to a particular period and a single painter for whom a fair body of evidence that suggests use of the device has already accumulated.
- My explanation for this very curious result is that Vermeer had a camera obscura with a lens at the painting's viewpoint.
- The project focused on the subject of the camera obscura, with works chosen from each artist's oeuvre specifically to construct a dialogue around this theme.
- In the camera obscura the image is always upside-down.
- Anyone visiting Edinburgh in Scotland should go to see the camera obscura there near the top of the Royal Mile and marvel at just how effective the camera obscura is in this enjoyable tourist attraction.
1. 1.1 A small round building with a rotating angled mirror at the apex of the roof, projecting an image of the landscape on to a horizontal surface inside.
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  Example sentencesExamples
  We are looking to put in a camera obscura or a viewing tower in the church steeple as a tourist attraction to complement the Botanic Gardens across the road.
  The party also had a camera obscura to produce topographic images, although they seem never to have used it.
  But the glistening object on the town's market place on Saturday morning turned out to be a mirrored camera obscura.
  Ramps and terraces, mirrors and prisms, kaleidoscopes and a camera obscura all work to fracture, blend, tint, multiply and otherwise defy the spaces and boundaries of the Danish pavilion.
  We climb the tower near the castle to see the camera obscura.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin, 'dark chamber'.

Rhymes

Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, figura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer

Definition of camera obscura in US English:

camera obscura

nounˌkam(ə)rə əbˈskyo͝orəˌkæm(ə)rə əbˈskjʊrə

1A darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography.
暗箱
Example sentencesExamples
- The camera obscura, or ‘dark chamber,’ was a staple of Martin's business.
- While making the case for the camera obscura, Steadman limits his investigation to a particular period and a single painter for whom a fair body of evidence that suggests use of the device has already accumulated.
- Like his kinsman, he practiced his art with the aid of the portable camera obscura, but his preternatural acuity and immaculate form carried his work to the edge of hallucination.
- The film does rather off-handedly allude to the fact that scientific innovations were important for the art of that time, particularly the camera obscura and the Galilean telescope.
- He was the first to propose adding a convex lens to the camera obscura.
- The project focused on the subject of the camera obscura, with works chosen from each artist's oeuvre specifically to construct a dialogue around this theme.
- Gone is the traditional blackboard and chalk and instead there are plasma screens and interactive whiteboards dotted around the walls and floor, while on the other side of the room are webcams and even a camera obscura.
- They are rendered so faithfully that the artist likely used a camera obscura to capture the scenes and then traced the layout of the buildings from images projected on paper, before refining the details by hand.
- Anyone visiting Edinburgh in Scotland should go to see the camera obscura there near the top of the Royal Mile and marvel at just how effective the camera obscura is in this enjoyable tourist attraction.
- There has long been speculation that Vermeer made use of a camera obscura, an enclosed device that allowed a detailed image of the world to be projected through a lens onto an inner wall.
- It has been suggested that Vermeer traced the images of a camera obscura in his paintings.
- As Hockney points out, plenty of artists like Leonardo da Vinci were keenly aware of the camera obscura.
- The topics might range from shopworn hypotheses to stillborn speculations, like the notion that the Haarlem landscapists may have imitated the muted tones of images projected by early models of the camera obscura.
- Scientists in the seventeenth century were fascinated by the workings of the human eye, which fostered the invention of optical devices such as the camera obscura.
- A traditional camera obscura was a dark room with light shining through a lens or tiny hole in the wall.
- In the camera obscura the image is always upside-down.
- During their travels around India, the Daniells employed a camera obscura to produce detailed pencil drawings.
- A few years before that she had created a walk-in camera obscura to visualize the experience of a slave who spent seven years in hiding in a tiny attic.
- He will have the windows of a tour bus sealed, except for a few lenses mounted on each side that project passing views on a central screen, creating a rolling camera obscura.
- My explanation for this very curious result is that Vermeer had a camera obscura with a lens at the painting's viewpoint.
1. 1.1 A small round building with a rotating angled mirror at the apex of the roof, projecting an image of the landscape on to a horizontal surface inside.
  投像器
  Example sentencesExamples
  We are looking to put in a camera obscura or a viewing tower in the church steeple as a tourist attraction to complement the Botanic Gardens across the road.
  But the glistening object on the town's market place on Saturday morning turned out to be a mirrored camera obscura.
  We climb the tower near the castle to see the camera obscura.
  Ramps and terraces, mirrors and prisms, kaleidoscopes and a camera obscura all work to fracture, blend, tint, multiply and otherwise defy the spaces and boundaries of the Danish pavilion.
  The party also had a camera obscura to produce topographic images, although they seem never to have used it.

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin, ‘dark chamber’.

单词	camera obscura
释义	Definition of camera obscura in English: camera obscura noun ˌkam(ə)rə ɒbˈskjʊərəˌkæm(ə)rə əbˈskjʊrə 1A darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object on to a screen inside, a forerunner of the modern camera. 暗箱 Example sentencesExamples He was the first to propose adding a convex lens to the camera obscura. The film does rather off-handedly allude to the fact that scientific innovations were important for the art of that time, particularly the camera obscura and the Galilean telescope. They are rendered so faithfully that the artist likely used a camera obscura to capture the scenes and then traced the layout of the buildings from images projected on paper, before refining the details by hand. The topics might range from shopworn hypotheses to stillborn speculations, like the notion that the Haarlem landscapists may have imitated the muted tones of images projected by early models of the camera obscura. There has long been speculation that Vermeer made use of a camera obscura, an enclosed device that allowed a detailed image of the world to be projected through a lens onto an inner wall. He will have the windows of a tour bus sealed, except for a few lenses mounted on each side that project passing views on a central screen, creating a rolling camera obscura. A few years before that she had created a walk-in camera obscura to visualize the experience of a slave who spent seven years in hiding in a tiny attic. As Hockney points out, plenty of artists like Leonardo da Vinci were keenly aware of the camera obscura. A traditional camera obscura was a dark room with light shining through a lens or tiny hole in the wall. The camera obscura, or ‘dark chamber,’ was a staple of Martin's business. Like his kinsman, he practiced his art with the aid of the portable camera obscura, but his preternatural acuity and immaculate form carried his work to the edge of hallucination. Scientists in the seventeenth century were fascinated by the workings of the human eye, which fostered the invention of optical devices such as the camera obscura. During their travels around India, the Daniells employed a camera obscura to produce detailed pencil drawings. Gone is the traditional blackboard and chalk and instead there are plasma screens and interactive whiteboards dotted around the walls and floor, while on the other side of the room are webcams and even a camera obscura. It has been suggested that Vermeer traced the images of a camera obscura in his paintings. While making the case for the camera obscura, Steadman limits his investigation to a particular period and a single painter for whom a fair body of evidence that suggests use of the device has already accumulated. My explanation for this very curious result is that Vermeer had a camera obscura with a lens at the painting's viewpoint. The project focused on the subject of the camera obscura, with works chosen from each artist's oeuvre specifically to construct a dialogue around this theme. In the camera obscura the image is always upside-down. Anyone visiting Edinburgh in Scotland should go to see the camera obscura there near the top of the Royal Mile and marvel at just how effective the camera obscura is in this enjoyable tourist attraction. 1.1 A small round building with a rotating angled mirror at the apex of the roof, projecting an image of the landscape on to a horizontal surface inside. 投像器 Example sentencesExamples We are looking to put in a camera obscura or a viewing tower in the church steeple as a tourist attraction to complement the Botanic Gardens across the road. The party also had a camera obscura to produce topographic images, although they seem never to have used it. But the glistening object on the town's market place on Saturday morning turned out to be a mirrored camera obscura. Ramps and terraces, mirrors and prisms, kaleidoscopes and a camera obscura all work to fracture, blend, tint, multiply and otherwise defy the spaces and boundaries of the Danish pavilion. We climb the tower near the castle to see the camera obscura. Origin Early 18th century: from Latin, 'dark chamber'. Rhymes Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, figura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer Definition of camera obscura in US English: camera obscura nounˌkam(ə)rə əbˈskyo͝orəˌkæm(ə)rə əbˈskjʊrə 1A darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography. 暗箱 Example sentencesExamples The camera obscura, or ‘dark chamber,’ was a staple of Martin's business. While making the case for the camera obscura, Steadman limits his investigation to a particular period and a single painter for whom a fair body of evidence that suggests use of the device has already accumulated. Like his kinsman, he practiced his art with the aid of the portable camera obscura, but his preternatural acuity and immaculate form carried his work to the edge of hallucination. The film does rather off-handedly allude to the fact that scientific innovations were important for the art of that time, particularly the camera obscura and the Galilean telescope. He was the first to propose adding a convex lens to the camera obscura. The project focused on the subject of the camera obscura, with works chosen from each artist's oeuvre specifically to construct a dialogue around this theme. Gone is the traditional blackboard and chalk and instead there are plasma screens and interactive whiteboards dotted around the walls and floor, while on the other side of the room are webcams and even a camera obscura. They are rendered so faithfully that the artist likely used a camera obscura to capture the scenes and then traced the layout of the buildings from images projected on paper, before refining the details by hand. Anyone visiting Edinburgh in Scotland should go to see the camera obscura there near the top of the Royal Mile and marvel at just how effective the camera obscura is in this enjoyable tourist attraction. There has long been speculation that Vermeer made use of a camera obscura, an enclosed device that allowed a detailed image of the world to be projected through a lens onto an inner wall. It has been suggested that Vermeer traced the images of a camera obscura in his paintings. As Hockney points out, plenty of artists like Leonardo da Vinci were keenly aware of the camera obscura. The topics might range from shopworn hypotheses to stillborn speculations, like the notion that the Haarlem landscapists may have imitated the muted tones of images projected by early models of the camera obscura. Scientists in the seventeenth century were fascinated by the workings of the human eye, which fostered the invention of optical devices such as the camera obscura. A traditional camera obscura was a dark room with light shining through a lens or tiny hole in the wall. In the camera obscura the image is always upside-down. During their travels around India, the Daniells employed a camera obscura to produce detailed pencil drawings. A few years before that she had created a walk-in camera obscura to visualize the experience of a slave who spent seven years in hiding in a tiny attic. He will have the windows of a tour bus sealed, except for a few lenses mounted on each side that project passing views on a central screen, creating a rolling camera obscura. My explanation for this very curious result is that Vermeer had a camera obscura with a lens at the painting's viewpoint. 1.1 A small round building with a rotating angled mirror at the apex of the roof, projecting an image of the landscape on to a horizontal surface inside. 投像器 Example sentencesExamples We are looking to put in a camera obscura or a viewing tower in the church steeple as a tourist attraction to complement the Botanic Gardens across the road. But the glistening object on the town's market place on Saturday morning turned out to be a mirrored camera obscura. We climb the tower near the castle to see the camera obscura. Ramps and terraces, mirrors and prisms, kaleidoscopes and a camera obscura all work to fracture, blend, tint, multiply and otherwise defy the spaces and boundaries of the Danish pavilion. The party also had a camera obscura to produce topographic images, although they seem never to have used it. Origin Early 18th century: from Latin, ‘dark chamber’.
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